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THE HOP. 



HOP CROP OF THE WORLD. 



a American AgricxdiurisV s preliminary estimate. This journal is an 

 accepted authority on America's hop crop, but It frankly admits that 

 this crop is one of tlie most difficult to report n.j)on for obvious reasons. 

 The figures of each crop are subject to final revision at the close 

 of each year when data are available of tlie interior and foreign 

 movement. 



HOP crops and prices. 



This table shows, for many years, the bales of hops produced each 

 season in the United Stales and \w Europe (including England), the 

 total constituting about 95% of the world's supply. It also gives the 

 number of bales of each crop exported from the United States, and 

 the imi)<)rts of foreign hoi)s in'to the United States, with average yearly 

 United States export prices and Hamburg import values. 



[n thousands of bales of 180 lbs. net. 



Europe 

 crop. 



695 

 813 

 848 

 946 

 494 

 680 

 649 

 459 

 717 



387 

 379 

 428 

 746 

 773 

 720 

 647 



Total 

 crop. 



895 

 988 

 1,140 

 1,266 

 762 

 903 

 815 

 664 

 935 



512 

 474 

 538 

 939 

 963 

 916 

 799 



U.S. 



exports 



U.S. 

 imports 

 \\ 

 17 

 15 

 17 



5 

 15 

 13 

 21 

 36 

 31 

 28 

 103 

 15 



9 



4 

 12 



Av. cts. per lb. 



aU. S. 



13.8 



10.2 



8.8 



10.7 



22.0 



23.7 



19.3 



26.6 



29.0 



22.4 



17.4 



21.0 



12.5 



19.7 



24.1 



71.8 



26.3 



41.9 



H .50.1 



H 20.7 



H50.1 



H30.0 



6Ham- 

 burg. 



26 



26 



20 



21 



19 



21 



24 



33 



50 



40 



26 



41 



L19 



L19 



L25 



L21 



a Average annual export value (in cents per lb.) of hops shipped 

 from the United States. i< Average anniuil value (in cents per lb.) of 

 all hops imported into Hamburg, Germany. H, Higl)est average an- 

 nual import value of hops importefl into Ilambi;rg, during the period 

 noted; L, lowest, c Observe that the year given is that in which the 

 crop was produced. 



Hops consumed per bbl. of beer: ITniied States, 1 to IV4 lbs.; Eng- 

 land, IV2 to 2i'2 lbs. ;Germany and elsewhere, % to 11/2. A barrel of beer, 

 U. S., contains 32 imperial gallons, or 31 gallons net. 



Gross weight of a bale of hops: United States, 185 lbs., lecal tare 

 5 lbs., actual tare 7 to 9 lbs. ; foreign hops imported into United Slates, 

 350 to 600 lbs. per bale, averaging 430 lbs., with a tare of 14 lbs. 



